τίς
I. in direct questions, "who? which?" neut. "what? which?" Lat. quis, quae, quid?, Hom., etc.: relating to other words in the same case, τίς δ᾽ οὗτος ἔρχεαι; "who art" thou "that" comest? Il.; τίν᾽ ὄψιν σὴν προσδέρκομαι; "what" face is this I see of thine? Eur.:— τίς ἄν or κεν, with the opt., expresses doubt, "who could, who would" do so? Hom.: —in double questions, τί λαβόντα τί δεῖ ποιεῖν; "what" has one received and "what" must one do? Dem.; so, τίς πόθεν εἶς ἀνδρῶν; "who" and whence art thou? Od.
2. τίς with Particles: τίς γάρ; Lat. quisnam? why who? who possibly? Il., etc.; τίς δή; "who then?" Theogn.; τίς δῆτα; Soph.; τίς ποτε; "who in the world? who ever?" Xen.
3. neut. τί; as a simple question, "what?" Aesch.; also, "why?" Il. b. τί μοι; τί σοι; "what" is it to me? to thee? Soph., etc.; c. gen., τί μοι ἔριδος; "what" have I to do with the quarrel? Il.; τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; "what is there (in common) to me and thee?" "what" have I to do with thee? NTest. c. τί with Particles:— τί γάρ; "why not? how else?" Lat. quid enim? quidni? i. e. "of course, no doubt", Aesch., etc.; τί δέ; Lat. quid vero? Plat.; τί δέ, εἰ..; but "what", if..? Eur.; τί δή; τί δήποτε; "why" ever? "why" in the world? Plat.:— τί μή; "why not?" Lat. quidni? Trag.:— τί μή; i. e. "yes certainly", Plat., etc.
II. τίς is sometimes used for ὅστις in indirect questions, ἠρώτα δὴ ἔπειτα, τίς εἴη καὶ πόθεν ἔλθοι Od.; οὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ Aesch.
2. τίς; τί; with part., followed by a verbal clause, forms one sentence in Greek where we use two, εἴρετο τίνες ἐόντες προαγορεύουσι; "who they were that" proclaim? Hdt.; καταμεμάθηκας τοὺς τί ποιοῦντας τοὔνομα τοῦτ᾽ ἀποκαλοῦσιν; have you learnt "what they do whom" men call so and so? Xen.
III. τίς; ῀ ποῖος; Soph.
IV. τί was never elided; but the hiatus is allowed in attic, τί οὖν; Ar.; τί ἔστιν; Soph.; τί εἶπας; id=Soph.